Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 686 Shock

The ambushes of the elite troops against the guerrillas were one-sided massacres. This has been fully proved in countless conflicts in southern Africa and surrounding areas.

When cleaning the battlefield after the war, many corpses were shot to the head and killed. Hicks and Middleton did not decide the winner. As officers, their shooting was excellent. After killing an enemy, there is no chance of firing a second shot.

"The opponent is too weak!" Hicks sighed, looking at the captured trophies, he couldn't help shaking his head: "How poor!"

It is indeed poor. The weapons seized are all old weapons that have been used for many years and have been nearly eliminated. Some rifles have been smoothed out, and other things are pitiful. Some of the gold jewelry was probably worth a little money, but looking at the poor women in the carriage, Hicks really didn't want it.

It is indeed pitiful. They have just lost their families and relatives, and they have been insulted. They will definitely be alone in the future.

"Send them to Medan." Hicks couldn't arrange these women, so he simply handed over the job to Li Wan or Ling Zhi.

"Shall we continue to move forward? The main force of the Second Division is in Xianda. The order they received was not to attack Medan Port, but to deploy defenses north of Lake Toba." Middleton finally got a statement.

"Then why are they here?" Hicks wondered.

"Why else—" Middleton glanced at the woman in the carriage with a helpless expression.

This shows the importance of discipline. When the Umbrella Company operates overseas, it sometimes goes too far like the Second East India Division, but the mercenaries of the Umbrella Company absolutely obey orders, and venting occasionally is also on the premise of completing the task. , there will never be such a situation of putting the cart before the horse.

The Second East Indian Division is a typical colonial servant army. It is poorly equipped, poorly trained, and poorly disciplined. It can be used to frighten unarmed colonial natives. The shoes don't match.

Now that the position of the Second East India Division has been found, Hicks is not in a hurry. Seeing that it is getting late, he simply ordered the troops to rest on the spot and wait for the main force to arrive.

Don't worry about the Second East India Division escaping. They have robbed so many things along the way, and now they can't escape even if they want to.

Later, more mercenaries and Medan troops arrived. After listening to Hicks' report, David ordered the troops to set off overnight to surround Xianda, so as not to have long nights and dreams.

Hicks' troops still set out first. They had to bypass Xianda and cut off the retreat of the East India Second Division. The task was arduous.

However, Hicks himself did not realize that the task was difficult. Fighting against the Second East India Division was not as difficult as a night march for Hicks and his troops, and Hicks was not familiar with the terrain near Xianda. , thanks to a guide, at least you don't have to worry about getting lost.

"Xianda is a small town with more than 1000 people. It can't accommodate nearly [-] troops. Can you take a shortcut? There are still many rivers near here." Before setting off, Hicks asked the guide for advice.

"There is a big snake in the river. It's very dangerous. I'd better walk. I know there is a small path to go around, but I don't know if I will encounter enemies." The big snake the guide said was probably a boa constrictor, which is also very common in East India.

Like poisonous snakes, boa constrictors are also a huge threat to the tropical rainforest. Venomous snakes use their venom to injure people. Boa constrictors eat them alive. Let alone humans, even larger wild animals cannot escape the hunting and killing of boa constrictors. Although this thing is huge , but there is no sound at all when moving in the rainforest, it is difficult to prevent.

"Then walk, all the squadrons are there, let's go." Hicks is not stubborn, people on land can help if they are attacked by pythons, but if they are dragged away in the water, they can only watch.

"Departure, departure, surround Xianda overnight, give priority to building a defensive position, no attack is allowed without orders, and notify the Air Force to prepare to bomb Xianda." David is also urging the troops to start, finish the fight early and call it a day, a second in the East India Teacher, in fact, it is not worth such a big fight.

Mercenary combat has always been the most labor-saving method.

In the past, if faced with such a situation, without the help of aircraft, mercenaries could only take the initiative to attack.

There is no need to take any risks now. After encircling Xianda, send planes to bomb them. Coupled with the mortars equipped by the mercenaries, if the Second East India Division does not want to die, it can only break through. The mercenaries just sit on the sidelines and wait.

Based on the firepower of the mercenaries, it is estimated that the Second East India Division will not be able to break out of the encirclement, and it will be fine to send Medan troops to take the prisoners.

Sending planes to bomb is also Rock's request. Although the "Albatross" bomber has strong data on paper, it is not known how much it can perform in actual combat. The staff sent to Italy and the Ottoman Empire can only collect air combat data, not bomber data.

Nyasaland did not sell "Albatross" to Italy and the Ottomans at all.

Nothing happened overnight, and the mercenaries successfully completed the siege of Xianda, which even made David feel unbelievable.

After all, Hicks and the others had just launched an attack on the troops of the [-]nd East India Division the night before, and a group of troops did not return home at night. They did not attract the attention of the senior staff of the [-]nd East India Division. They deserved to be wiped out.

At six o'clock in the morning, the [-]nd East India Division finally found itself surrounded by mercenaries, and the battle broke out.

After detouring back to the north side of Xianda overnight, and building a defensive position overnight, Hicks, who had just rested for less than two hours, was awakened by a violent explosion.

"Great, now you're on duty, I'll go to sleep first—" Middleton, who stayed up all night, was exhausted and didn't care too much about the ongoing battle.

There was nothing to be concerned about. The outcome of the battle was doomed from the very beginning. If the Second East India Division could escape, the mercenaries would probably be ashamed.

"Thank you for your hard work. I wish you a sweet dream." Hicks shook off the blanket on his body, picked up the rifle and did not forget to take out a can of soybeans from his backpack.

Canned food is breakfast, and being on the battlefield is not so particular, don't expect someone to make you fried eggs.

"How's the situation?" Hicks jumped into the trench, not paying attention to who was around him.

"About half an hour ago, the enemy launched an attack, which was repelled by us." An unfamiliar voice replied.

Hicks, who was eating canned food, looked up and saw a young Army Medan soldier.

"what's your name?"

"Huang Gang."

"Why are you here?" Hicks asked, and found that Huang Gang didn't understand: "I mean, don't you guys not participate in the battle?"

Huang Gang was the guide of the No. [-] Squadron. It is said that he should not participate in the battle. At most, he would help carry bullets and grenades.

"Mr. Middleton hopes that we can feel it in advance. Besides, it is not too dangerous." Huang Gang replied earnestly, without the consciousness of life and death.

It's really not that dangerous. Don't imagine the battle with the colonial servants as the kind of meat grinder during the World War. Whether it's intensity or scale, it's two different things. The fighting will of the East Indian servants is not strong, and there is no way to fight to the death. I realized that when I launched an attack, I heard the machine gun firing and ran faster than a rabbit, and the officers couldn't stop it.

"Are there any grades?" Hicks asked casually.

"I was a little nervous just now, I don't know if I have it." Huang Gang's answer is very standard.

Hicks nodded noncommittally, this is how a recruit becomes a veteran step by step.

After eating the soybeans in two mouthfuls, he drank the soup in one gulp, took a sip of water from the kettle, and rinsed his mouth. Then Hicks put on his helmet and poked his head out cautiously.

Not a single ghost shadow!

Take a telescope and observe carefully, there is still no ghost shadow.

Hicks shook his head, not sure whether he was glad or disappointed, and took out a pack of cigarettes and greeted him politely.

Huang Gang shook his head and hesitated to speak. According to the regulations, smoking is not allowed in the trenches, but this rule does not exist for veterans.

Bang!

Although the tropical rainforest is extremely humid, the lighters produced by Itno are still very powerful.

Huang Gang looked at the lighter with burning eyes.

Hicks turned a blind eye and stuffed the lighter back into his pocket.

"Come on, if you perform well, you have the opportunity to become a mercenary of the umbrella company, and then your family can go to southern Africa. You also have the opportunity to own such a lighter." Hicks encouraged, although the price of the lighter is not expensive But it's not cheap either, most married men like Middleton are reluctant to buy it.

Middleton didn't even smoke, and Hicks bought all the cigarettes distributed by the company at a low price.

"Will the land be distributed when going to Southern Africa?" Huang Gang was dubious, probably hearing a lot of propaganda about immigration policies in Southern Africa during this period.

Immigrants are very common in this era, but it is rare to offer such good conditions like southern Africa. Chinese people go overseas, and more of them are in the form of labor, such as the construction workers who built the Pacific Railway in the United States, and the Johannesburg gold mine before. miners.

Before these workers went overseas, the labor service companies also talked about the hype. After arriving in the place, they could only be manipulated by others. In another time and space, the Chinese workers in southern Africa were only repatriated. This is considered lucky. Those workers in the United States are the real ones. Miserable, the status and situation are similar to those of Africans in southern Africa today.

That's why Huang Gang doesn't really believe in the propaganda in southern Africa. They give money and land at the same time, and they don't collect land rent or taxes. All the food they grow is their own, and no one robs them of the cattle and sheep they raise. It doesn't sound like it. Big reality, when did white people become good people?

"Lord Nyasaran is also Chinese like you. You should have noticed that many mercenaries in our Umbrella Company are Chinese. Do you think that the mercenaries in our Umbrella Company are as poor as the bitter people from the Second East India Division? ? Bobby, how big is your farm in Bechuanaland?" Hicks casually called a mercenary to come over and speak out.

"One thousand acres, what's the problem?" Bobby was also chatting with the soldiers of the Medan Army beside him.

One thousand acres, six thousand acres, a standard rich man in East India, but an ordinary mercenary in the umbrella!

This impact is still a bit big for Huang Gang.

(End of this chapter)